Python Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Python
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 16 27
Rank change year-on-year -5 +11 -20
Permanent jobs citing Python 326 297 450
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 6.07% 10.50% 6.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.28% 36.99% 23.51%
Number of salaries quoted 172 163 350
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,188 £44,000 £41,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,625 £77,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £100,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -10.86%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 830 803 1,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.45% 28.38% 29.32%
Number of salaries quoted 600 546 1,622
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Python job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Python
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +7 128 £55,000 -4.82% 54
Oxfordshire -4 115 £62,500 +13.64% 66
Buckinghamshire -12 83 £57,500 -4.17% 30
Python
South East

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.45%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.92%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.61%) WordPress
4 1 (0.31%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.31%) Apache
4 1 (0.31%) Camunda
4 1 (0.31%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.31%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.31%) SAS
Applications
1 80 (24.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.68%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.92%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.92%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.31%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 164 (50.31%) Azure
2 108 (33.13%) Power Platform
3 85 (26.07%) AWS
4 77 (23.62%) Azure AI
5 30 (9.20%) GCP
6 23 (7.06%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (5.21%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (4.60%) Azure Logic Apps
9 12 (3.68%) Amazon EKS
9 12 (3.68%) GitHub
9 12 (3.68%) Serverless
10 11 (3.37%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (3.37%) OpenShift
10 11 (3.37%) SaaS
11 9 (2.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 9 (2.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 8 (2.45%) Amazon S3
12 8 (2.45%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (2.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 7 (2.15%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.91%) Firewall
2 8 (2.45%) DNS
3 5 (1.53%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (1.53%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.92%) HTTP
5 2 (0.61%) Internet
5 2 (0.61%) MQTT
5 2 (0.61%) SpaceWire
6 1 (0.31%) Broadband
6 1 (0.31%) DHCP
6 1 (0.31%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.31%) Intranet
6 1 (0.31%) Modbus
6 1 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.31%) SMTP
6 1 (0.31%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.31%) SSL
6 1 (0.31%) VLAN
6 1 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (27.61%) Power BI
2 67 (20.55%) Tableau
3 14 (4.29%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (3.07%) Relational Database
5 9 (2.76%) Data Lake
5 9 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.76%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.84%) Metadata
7 4 (1.23%) Airbyte
7 4 (1.23%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.92%) Spark SQL
8 3 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.61%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.61%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.61%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.31%) MySQL
10 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 44 (13.50%) Git
2 24 (7.36%) GitLab
3 16 (4.91%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.76%) JIRA
5 6 (1.84%) Cucumber
5 6 (1.84%) SonarQube
6 4 (1.23%) Artifactory
6 4 (1.23%) JMeter
6 4 (1.23%) JUnit
6 4 (1.23%) MLflow
6 4 (1.23%) Mockito
7 3 (0.92%) Polyspace
7 3 (0.92%) VectorCAST
8 2 (0.61%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.31%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.31%) Postman
9 1 (0.31%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.31%) Zephyr
General
1 165 (50.61%) Social Skills
2 65 (19.94%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (14.42%) Finance
4 20 (6.13%) Manufacturing
5 16 (4.91%) Telecoms
6 13 (3.99%) Law
6 13 (3.99%) Public Sector
7 12 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.23%) Automotive
11 4 (1.23%) Games
12 3 (0.92%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.92%) Aviation
12 3 (0.92%) Banking
12 3 (0.92%) Marketing
13 2 (0.61%) Aeronautics
13 2 (0.61%) Electronics
13 2 (0.61%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 95 (29.14%) Analyst
2 78 (23.93%) Data Analyst
3 62 (19.02%) Junior
4 60 (18.40%) Junior Analyst
4 60 (18.40%) Junior Data Analyst
5 57 (17.48%) Software Engineer
6 49 (15.03%) Developer
7 42 (12.88%) Python Engineer
8 36 (11.04%) Python Software Engineer
9 32 (9.82%) Senior
10 24 (7.36%) Data Engineer
11 22 (6.75%) C++ Software Engineer
12 19 (5.83%) Automation Engineer
13 18 (5.52%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 17 (5.21%) C# Software Engineer
15 15 (4.60%) Power Platform Developer
16 13 (3.99%) Python Developer
17 12 (3.68%) Financial Analyst
18 11 (3.37%) Associate Director
19 10 (3.07%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (10.43%) REST
2 20 (6.13%) JSON
3 14 (4.29%) .NET
3 14 (4.29%) YAML
4 13 (3.99%) NumPy
4 13 (3.99%) Pandas
4 13 (3.99%) SOAP
5 12 (3.68%) Middleware
6 10 (3.07%) Jinja
6 10 (3.07%) React
6 10 (3.07%) Web Services
6 10 (3.07%) XML
7 9 (2.76%) Lightning Web Components
7 9 (2.76%) Visualforce
8 8 (2.45%) Django
8 8 (2.45%) HTML
9 6 (1.84%) Spring
9 6 (1.84%) TensorFlow
10 5 (1.53%) scikit-learn
10 5 (1.53%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.90%) Low-Code
2 24 (7.36%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (6.13%) Life Science
4 17 (5.21%) Algorithms
5 14 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (3.99%) Client/Server
7 11 (3.37%) Hackathon
8 10 (3.07%) Cloud Native
9 8 (2.45%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (1.84%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (1.84%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.84%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (1.23%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.23%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.92%) Cyber Defence
13 3 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.92%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.92%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 49 (15.03%) Linux
2 8 (2.45%) Unix
3 6 (1.84%) Windows
4 3 (0.92%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.61%) VxWorks
6 1 (0.31%) FreeBSD
6 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.31%) OpenBSD
6 1 (0.31%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (39.88%) AI
2 94 (28.83%) Business Intelligence
3 92 (28.22%) CI/CD
4 80 (24.54%) Problem-Solving
5 74 (22.70%) Agile
6 73 (22.39%) Software Engineering
7 59 (18.10%) DevOps
8 51 (15.64%) Computer Science
9 44 (13.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 43 (13.19%) Analytics
11 41 (12.58%) Machine Learning
12 39 (11.96%) Data Modelling
13 36 (11.04%) Deployment Automation
14 35 (10.74%) Decision-Making
15 34 (10.43%) Containerisation
15 34 (10.43%) Test Automation
16 33 (10.12%) Data Governance
16 33 (10.12%) ETL
17 31 (9.51%) Data Pipeline
18 26 (7.98%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 131 (40.18%) SQL
2 50 (15.34%) C++
2 50 (15.34%) JavaScript
3 44 (13.50%) C#
4 33 (10.12%) Java
5 18 (5.52%) C
6 15 (4.60%) VBA
7 14 (4.29%) TypeScript
8 13 (3.99%) Rust
9 10 (3.07%) Shell Script
10 9 (2.76%) Apex Code
11 8 (2.45%) Bash
12 7 (2.15%) PowerShell
13 6 (1.84%) Groovy
13 6 (1.84%) R
14 5 (1.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (1.53%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (1.23%) Perl
16 3 (0.92%) Go
17 2 (0.61%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 84 (25.77%) Degree
2 77 (23.62%) Azure Certification
3 45 (13.80%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (7.36%) Security Cleared
5 23 (7.06%) Master's Degree
6 17 (5.21%) SC Cleared
7 12 (3.68%) ACCA
7 12 (3.68%) CIMA
8 5 (1.53%) PhD
9 3 (0.92%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (0.92%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.31%) CompTIA CySA+
11 1 (0.31%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.31%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.31%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (10.74%) QA
2 20 (6.13%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.76%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.23%) ECSS
5 3 (0.92%) IEC 61508
5 3 (0.92%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.61%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (0.61%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.61%) GxP
7 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.31%) GDPR
7 1 (0.31%) MISRA
7 1 (0.31%) SLA
7 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (8.28%) Docker
2 15 (4.60%) Hyper-V
2 15 (4.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.29%) KVM
4 5 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.23%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.31%) Firmware
6 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 25 (7.67%) Kubernetes
2 19 (5.83%) Terraform
3 10 (3.07%) Ansible
4 5 (1.53%) Kibana
5 4 (1.23%) Packer
6 3 (0.92%) Grafana
6 3 (0.92%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.61%) Argo
8 1 (0.31%) Control-M
8 1 (0.31%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.31%) Istio
8 1 (0.31%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.31%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.31%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.31%) QRadar
Vendors
1 95 (29.14%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.52%) SAP
3 15 (4.60%) Databricks
3 15 (4.60%) VMware
4 12 (3.68%) Red Hat
5 10 (3.07%) Cisco
5 10 (3.07%) Oracle
6 9 (2.76%) MuleSoft
6 9 (2.76%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.84%) IBM
8 5 (1.53%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.53%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.53%) F5
8 5 (1.53%) Google
8 5 (1.53%) Juniper
8 5 (1.53%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.53%) Splunk
9 4 (1.23%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.92%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.61%) NVIDIA